Corgi Cookies Return for Jelly Bean Jump Up
One of the cutest parts of our SafeHouse Center fundraiser
Speaking of supporting important community causes, here’s an opportunity to do just that. As you may know, my much-loved Corgi pup, Jelly Bean, passed away at the age of 17 in the spring of 2015. Many caring folks tried to console me, reminding me that she lived a long and wonderful life, but the grief and loss that followed after her passing were still pretty big. To this day, she’s on my phone’s screen saver.
Along with friends like Marsha Ricevuto, who often cared for Jelly Bean when I would go out of town, Tammie and I started a fundraiser in Jelly Bean’s memory. We decided to do it for SafeHouse Center, Ann Arbor’s shelter for victims of abuse, because it’s an incredibly important cause, because Tammie and I live nearby, and because the SafeHouse staff used to see Jelly Bean and me running together regularly! The spirit of positivity, hope, and generosity that Jelly Bean demonstrated every day is also what SafeHouse is all about.
Every winter, the ZCoB puts together a series of activities for Jelly Bean Jump Up. Made by the caring crew at the Bakehouse, the Corgi Cookies are one of my favorite parts. I smile every time I see one. These exceptionally tasty sugar cookies are decorated to look like Jelly Bean! Handmade fondant on top of all-butter, vanilla-scented sugar cookies, they were pretty much immediately and universally hailed as the cutest cookies in the county. To make the offer even more compelling, the Bakehouse is generously donating $1 from each cookie to the fundraiser.
This year’s Jelly Bean Jump Up is supported by all of the ZCoB businesses, Plum Market, Paragon Sights and Sounds, Tito’s Vodka, Vermont Creamery, Shoreline Salmon, Sidebiscuit, Mothfire Brewing, Old National Bank, Probility, and Highline Spirits. Last on this list, but definitely not least, are the wonderful folks at Nueske’s. In fact, the fundraiser will culminate this year with a full-flavored, smoky nod back to Camp Bacon when the folks from Nueske’s—makers of that marvelous applewood smoked bacon from Wisconsin—come to the Roadhouse for a special bacon-centric dinner on Tuesday, March 31. Dogs, after all, love bacon, and so do many of our most loyal guests. We’ve been serving Nueske’s since the day we opened in March 1982, and this dinner honors the quality of all the products, the generosity Nueske’s has demonstrated for 44 years now, and SafeHouse Center and Jelly Bean, of course.
Writer Diane Bruk says that for a Corgi, “every day is the best day ever, except for yesterday and tomorrow.” It’s a good lesson for me: Stay in the moment when the various pressures of the world start to feel heavy. The Corgi Cookies are every bit as magical as the actual dogs, so they make great gifts. A delicious way to make a small donation to a good cause and then make someone else’s day!
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